Frequent visitors to James Lileks' Institute for Official Cheer, and its subsidiary operation, The Orphanage for Cast-Off Mascots, will no doubt be familiar with the sad plight of one out-of-work pork plugger. That's right, folks; good ol' Cudahy Sam, a has-been of ham hawking, has been homeless and unemployed for many a year.

But no more! You'll now enjoy the eager, slurping mug of our good friend Sam everytime you check out the list of links in the Beerfly section. I now officially dub him "Beerfly Sam"; long may he drool over favorite brewing links!

And you can all thank me for leaving off the bit about "Big Tender Chunks of Beef in Rich Brown Gravy." Hwarf!